Towns in this beautiful, natural countryside tend to be spread out, with miles of roads connecting VITAS with the patients and families we care for. Because we bring hospice services to our patients through their hospice team, our professionals—nurses, hospice aides, physicians, social workers, chaplains, bereavement managers, volunteers and others as needed—cover a lot of territory as they make “house calls” in Citrus and the Nature Coast.

Patients and Families Come First

We provide comfort and preserve dignity in the face of terminal illness. We offer comprehensive hospice services, including pain and symptom management to the patient, emotional and spiritual support for patients and families, and bereavement support for more than a year following a death.

We help patients stay home whenever possible—whether home is a private residence, an assisted living or long term care facility, or a nursing home. We work with patients’ personal physicians, so patients keep the doctors they know and trust. No matter where care takes place, we coordinate closely with caregiver, spiritual advisor, family and friends to ensure that the patient’s needs and choices are being met, their quality of life enhanced.

Intensive Comfort Care at Home

When patients require additional care to manage symptoms or pain, VITAS provides continuous care in the home for up to 24 hours a day when medically necessary. An inpatient unit is available when home care is not enough. Staffed by VITAS clinicians, the unit offers round-the-clock care until the patient can return home to the routine level of hospice care.